<p>True sakky, nobody is saying that engineers wouldn’t be more in demand if there were fewer graduates but you could argue this point for every single profession. The point is that Homer’s statements are not correct. There are not 3 times too many engineering graduates. Not even close. Even the article that Homer referenced to support his claim actually refuted it. The last paragraph of the article he references:</p>
<p>“Susan Traiman of the Business Roundtable criticizes the new study, saying that it gives an illusion of a robust supply because it bundles all STEM fields together. There may be an oversupply in the life sciences and social sciences, she argues, but there is no question that there are SHORTAGES IN ENGINEERING and the physical sciences. The findings “are not going to make us go back and re-examine everything we’ve been been calling for,” she says.”</p>